Box-lid holder.



No. 822,975. PATENTED JUNE 12, mos.-

. G. MUELLER.

BOX LID'HOLDER.

APPLICATION mum SEPT. 11, 1905.

o STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 11, 1905. Serial No. 277,890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAv MUELLER, a citlzen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Box-Lid Holders, of which thefollowing is a s ecification.

This invention is a device for holding a box-lid and also for liftingthe box and for disclosing a sign with respect thereto.

It is particularly designed for holding the lids of cigar-boxes and isprovided with means whereby it may be adjusted to fit a box-lid of anycommon size.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 beingan edge view thereof when applied to the box. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview thereof removed from the box.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the box-lid to whichthe device is applied. The lid is supported thereby in raised orupwardly-inclined position in such manner as to expose the label on theboxcover and also to allow the box to be lifted by means of theattachment, as hereinafter described.

The device consists of two bars 7 and 8, which are slidable lengthwiseupon each other, and to hold them together each is provided with tongues9, which lap over the other bar and form guides in which the bars slidewith respect to each other. The upper bar 7 has at the top an enlargedportion 10, on which the sign may be marked, as indicated, for example,in the drawings. This bar also has near the upper end, but below thespace for the sign, a tongue 11, which is struck up from the plate andbent down to form a hook of proper size to engage over the upper edge ofthe box-lid.

The lower bar or member 8 has at its lower end an enlarged part 12,which is curved backwardly or retracted to support the boxlid at theproper angle. This part also has struck up therefrom a tongue 13, whichis bent upwardly and arranged to engage under the lower edge of thebox-lid in a manner similar to that of the tongue 11 at the upper edge.At the upper end of the bar 8 it is bent out and down to form a handle14, roperly curved to receive the finger and a low the box to beconveniently lifted.

In the use of the device the bars 7 and 8 are pulled out until thedevice is long enough to span the box-cover between the tongues 11 and13. The parts are then pushed together to bring the tongues inengagement with the box-lid. This fastens the device to the box-lid onthe rear or outer side thereof,

and when the lid is opened the part 12 contacts with the back of the boxand holds the lid in position at the desired angle. The part 10 at thetop projects above the edge of the lid, and the handle 14 affordsconvenient means for lifting the box, as in serving customers. After useon one box the device may be readily detached and placed on another, andwith the means shown it can be a pliedto boxes of any ordinary size,since t e parts 7 and 8 can be drawn out or pushed in, according toconditions.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A box-lid holder comprising upper and lower members slidably securedtogether and extensible lengthwise, the upper member having a partextending above the edge of the lid and arranged to receive a sign, andhaving a downwardly-directed tongue arranged to engage over the upperedge of the lid, and the lower member having a handle at its upper end,an angularly-proj ecting part at its ower end, and an upwardly-directedton ue arranged to engage the lower edge of the id.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV MUELLER Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, SHIRLEY BOMMHARDT.

